Teen Pulse

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• Having thoughts of hurting yourself or someone else
• Struggling with drugs and/or alcohol
• Feeling like you can’t get out of bed in the morning
• Experiencing violence or abuse where you live
• Looking for a counselor in your area
• Behaving in ways you know aren’t safe, but you continue anyway
• Having a hard time keeping your anger
under control
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their mental health
1-855-NMCRISIS (1-855-662-7474 crisis line) or
nmcrisisline.com.
Free and confidential.

Need a safe space to talk and listen to each other about ways to cope with various life challenges?
No pressure to talk, come even if you just feel like being around others and/or just feel like listening.
JJAB YRA Troy Palmer will be facilitating the support groups, however he welcomes support from others who would like to help facilitate. Contact Troy by call or text to 690-7889, or e-mail to jjabyra@gmail.com if interest.

The Los Alamos Youth Activity Center is located at 475 20th St., next to Ashley Pond, 662-9412. The White Rock Activity Center is located at 10 Sherwood Blvd., across from Smith’s in Rocket Park, 672-1565.

We all may have our own individual New Year’s resolutions in relation to fashion.
Your friend may be deciding to finally buy a new pair of boots to replace the torn-up ones she wears all the time, or you may have your sights set on finding those fuchsia corduroys you saw in a magazine last summer.
However, everyone — man and woman — should have two fashion New Year’s resolutions in common. Jan. 1, to me, signifies a fresh start, and is therefore also the perfect time to clean out your closet and set some goals regarding your shopping habits.
Come Dec. 31, our closets tend to get cluttered with new pieces and become unorganized as we get distracted with the alluring alternative of baking cookies, or decorating the Christmas tree.
But our closets are screaming for help.
Your primary fashion New Year’s resolution should be to take a fine-toothed comb through your wardrobe.
Pull out the pieces that you don’t want or that you never wear. You can either trash them if they’re beyond acceptable condition, or donate them if they are free of stains or rips.

This week, our Teen Pulse staffers took a trip back in time and each, as if they were little kids again, wrote a letter to Santa describing what they wanted for Christmas years ago.

Dear Santa,
I hope you have had a good year making all those toys. How is Mrs. Claus? For Christmas this year I would really like a Harry Potter life-size broomstick and a German shepherd puppy.

Merry Christmas,
Ben Hanlon

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Dear Santa,
This Christmas I would like a few things. First of all, I wish for a unicorn. I don’t know how many unicorns you have, so it’s OK if you drop off a pony instead. Please make sure it is no taller than five feet because I would like to ride it. I also wish for a glitter nail polish set. Finally, I would like to ask you a favor. I’m sure you know the Tooth Fairy very well. Could you please ask her to visit me sometime? She always writes me nice letters, and I think that she and I would make the best of friends.
Thank you!